I don't care what people write about me so long as it isn't true. -Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker was born in the year 1893 in West End, New Jersey. Her last breath would be taken in New York City in the year 1967 from heart failure. Dorothy would be involved in 3 marriages with only two men (yes, she married the same man twice), the death of her beloved mother, her fathers supposed "abusiveness", and a stepmother who she would only call "the housekeeper". Although she and her father were Jewish and her stepmother was Protestant, she attended a Roman Catholic elementary school. Dorothy would be called "Dot" or "Dottie" by her peers and family as a child.
Dorothy Parker
For the rest of her school career, she finished at Miss Dana's School. Miss Dana's School was a finishing school located in Morristown, New Jersey. Parker's education ended when she was 13 years of age. When Parker was 20 years old, her father died, leaving her to play the piano to earn her living.
Her first poem ended up being sold to Vanity Fair magazine, and soon after was hired as an editorial assistant for Vogue. This all happened in the year 1914, when she was 21 years of age. After working for the Vogue staff for two years, she moved to the Vanity Fair editorial staff for her career.
Three years after Parker started working for Vogue magazine as an editorial assistant, she met a Wall Street stock broker named Edwin Pond Parker. Edwin and Dorothy become married soon after. Sometimes during their marriage, she often joked around, saying how she married to "get rid of her last name". She joked around primarily because she had doubts about her heritage during the strong antisemitism of her era. Edwin was sent to fight for World War I, leaving them no choice but to be separated from each other during a time of great struggle.
Although she and her husband were separated, she became quite a writer for Vanity Fair, after she took the place for P.G. Wodehouse. While she was working for the magazine as a member of the staff, she met two people. One was Robert E. Sherwood, and the other Robert Benchley. Soon, the three became friends, and started to dine for lunch at the Algonquin Hotel. You can read about their Algonquin Round Table here: The Algonquin Round Table Page
Even though Parker had a somewhat-decent life for her time period, she had an abortion in 1923. This occured when she was married to Edwin Parker. Also, in 1923 and 1925, Parker attempted to commit suicide. Parker was also subject to alcoholism. She was also labeled a Communist in 1950. That led to a 1,000 page filed report from the FBI about her suspected involvement with the Communism movement.
Parker's literacy role in the 1920's was with both Vanity Fair and Vogue magazines, plus two books. One book, composed of poetry, was published in 1926. The book was called Enough Rope. Her second book, Sunset Gun, was published in 1928. In the years following, she wrote 6 more books.
Published Books from 1920-1950
High Society, Frank Crowninshield - G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1920
Men I'm Not Married To (with Franklin Pierce Adams) - Doubleday, 1922
Enough Rope (poems) - Boni & Liveright, 1926
Sunset Gun (poems) - Boni & Liveright, 1928
Close Harmony, or the Lady Next Door: A Play In Three Acts (w/ Elmer Rice) - French, 1929
Laments For the Living (stories) - Viking, 1930
Death and Taxes (poems) - Viking, 1931
Introduction to The Seal In The Bedroom and Other Predicaments, James Thurber - 1932
After Such Pleasures (stories) - Viking, 1933
Introduction to Thunder Over The Bronx, Arthur Kober - 1935
Not So Deep As A Well (poems) - Viking, 1936
Soldiers of the Republic - Alexander Woollcott, 1938
Here Lies (stories) - Viking, 1939
Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker - Modern Library, 1942
Introduction to Watch On The Rhine, Lillian Hellman -1942
(limited edition published by Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee) Introduction to Men, Women, and Dogs, James Thurber - 1943
Collected Poetry of Dorothy Parker - Modern Library, 1944
The Indispensible Dorothy Parker - Book Society, 1944
Selected Short Stories - Editions For The Armed Services, 1944
The Viking Portable Dorothy Parker - Viking, 1944
Editor, The Portable F. Scott Fitzgerald - Viking, 1945
So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter. -Zora Neale Hurston
Many people debate about Zora Neale Hurston's actual birthdate. From what can be seen, it can be assumed that she was born on January 7, sometime between the years of 1891-1903. Her last breath would be on January 28, 1960, somewhere around the age of 57-69 years of age. When she was around 3 years of age, her family moved to Eatonville, Florida. Eatonville was one of the few towns that remained all black. Even to this day, it still has about 89% black population, leaving only 11% to be white. At 13 years of age, just like Dorothy Parker, she was forced to leave school. The reason being was that her mother had passed away. Hurston was needed to take care of her brothers and sisters for her father. It was her childhood town, Eatonville, that inspired her writings.
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Hurston's education was somewhat extraordinary for her time period. She graduated high school from Morgan Acadamy, and right after began undergraduate studies at Howard University. She founded the schools newspaper in her time at the school. Sadly, she had to leave the university because she was financially unable to continue her education. Afterwards, she was offered a scholorship to attend Barnard College. She recieved her Bachelors Degree in anthropology in the year 1927.
In the year 1925, Hurston became one of the leaders to the literary renaissance. She paired up with Langston Hughes and Wallace Thurman and produced Fire!!.
Zora Neale Hurston was a great contributor to Harlem Renaissance. She wrote about African-American folklore and had one of her books reach Broadway. She also contributed her freelance writings to magazines and newspapers during the last years of her life. Her life and work is celebrated in Eatonville at the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities.
Some of her publishings in the 1920's were Color Struck in Opportunity Magazine in the year 1925, Sweat in 1926, and How It Feels To Be Colored Me in 1928. She went on to publish 14 more major publications, plus her
freelance writings for the newspapers and magazines.
Published Books from 1920-1950
Jonah's Gourd Vine (1934)
Mules and Men (1935)
Tell My Horse (1937)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)
Moses, Man of the Mountain (1939)
Dust Tracks on a Road (1942)
Seraph on the Suwanee (1948)
I don't care what people write about me so long as it isn't true. -Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker was born in the year 1893 in West End, New Jersey. Her last breath would be taken in New York City in the year 1967 from heart failure. Dorothy would be involved in 3 marriages with only two men (yes, she married the same man twice), the death of her beloved mother, her fathers supposed "abusiveness", and a stepmother who she would only call "the housekeeper". Although she and her father were Jewish and her stepmother was Protestant, she attended a Roman Catholic elementary school. Dorothy would be called "Dot" or "Dottie" by her peers and family as a child.
For the rest of her school career, she finished at Miss Dana's School. Miss Dana's School was a finishing school located in Morristown, New Jersey. Parker's education ended when she was 13 years of age. When Parker was 20 years old, her father died, leaving her to play the piano to earn her living.
Her first poem ended up being sold to Vanity Fair magazine, and soon after was hired as an editorial assistant for Vogue. This all happened in the year 1914, when she was 21 years of age. After working for the Vogue staff for two years, she moved to the Vanity Fair editorial staff for her career.
Three years after Parker started working for Vogue magazine as an editorial assistant, she met a Wall Street stock broker named Edwin Pond Parker. Edwin and Dorothy become married soon after. Sometimes during their marriage, she often joked around, saying how she married to "get rid of her last name". She joked around primarily because she had doubts about her heritage during the strong antisemitism of her era. Edwin was sent to fight for World War I, leaving them no choice but to be separated from each other during a time of great struggle.
Although she and her husband were separated, she became quite a writer for Vanity Fair, after she took the place for P.G. Wodehouse. While she was working for the magazine as a member of the staff, she met two people. One was Robert E. Sherwood, and the other Robert Benchley. Soon, the three became friends, and started to dine for lunch at the Algonquin Hotel. You can read about their Algonquin Round Table here: The Algonquin Round Table Page
Even though Parker had a somewhat-decent life for her time period, she had an abortion in 1923. This occured when she was married to Edwin Parker. Also, in 1923 and 1925, Parker attempted to commit suicide. Parker was also subject to alcoholism. She was also labeled a Communist in 1950. That led to a 1,000 page filed report from the FBI about her suspected involvement with the Communism movement.
Parker's literacy role in the 1920's was with both Vanity Fair and Vogue magazines, plus two books. One book, composed of poetry, was published in 1926. The book was called Enough Rope. Her second book, Sunset Gun, was published in 1928. In the years following, she wrote 6 more books.
Published Books from 1920-1950
High Society, Frank Crowninshield - G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1920Men I'm Not Married To (with Franklin Pierce Adams) - Doubleday, 1922
Enough Rope (poems) - Boni & Liveright, 1926
Sunset Gun (poems) - Boni & Liveright, 1928
Close Harmony, or the Lady Next Door: A Play In Three Acts (w/ Elmer Rice) - French, 1929
Laments For the Living (stories) - Viking, 1930
Death and Taxes (poems) - Viking, 1931
Introduction to The Seal In The Bedroom and Other Predicaments, James Thurber - 1932
After Such Pleasures (stories) - Viking, 1933
Introduction to Thunder Over The Bronx, Arthur Kober - 1935
Not So Deep As A Well (poems) - Viking, 1936
Soldiers of the Republic - Alexander Woollcott, 1938
Here Lies (stories) - Viking, 1939
Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker - Modern Library, 1942
Introduction to Watch On The Rhine, Lillian Hellman -1942
(limited edition published by Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee) Introduction to Men, Women, and Dogs, James Thurber - 1943
Collected Poetry of Dorothy Parker - Modern Library, 1944
The Indispensible Dorothy Parker - Book Society, 1944
Selected Short Stories - Editions For The Armed Services, 1944
The Viking Portable Dorothy Parker - Viking, 1944
Editor, The Portable F. Scott Fitzgerald - Viking, 1945
So the brother in black offers to these United States the source of courage that endures, and laughter. -Zora Neale Hurston
Many people debate about Zora Neale Hurston's actual birthdate. From what can be seen, it can be assumed that she was born on January 7, sometime between the years of 1891-1903. Her last breath would be on January 28, 1960, somewhere around the age of 57-69 years of age. When she was around 3 years of age, her family moved to Eatonville, Florida. Eatonville was one of the few towns that remained all black. Even to this day, it still has about 89% black population, leaving only 11% to be white. At 13 years of age, just like Dorothy Parker, she was forced to leave school. The reason being was that her mother had passed away. Hurston was needed to take care of her brothers and sisters for her father. It was her childhood town, Eatonville, that inspired her writings.
[[[Please insert picture here to the left alignment and make text do the same as above with Parkers picture]]
Hurston's education was somewhat extraordinary for her time period. She graduated high school from Morgan Acadamy, and right after began undergraduate studies at Howard University. She founded the schools newspaper in her time at the school. Sadly, she had to leave the university because she was financially unable to continue her education. Afterwards, she was offered a scholorship to attend Barnard College. She recieved her Bachelors Degree in anthropology in the year 1927.
In the year 1925, Hurston became one of the leaders to the literary renaissance. She paired up with Langston Hughes and Wallace Thurman and produced Fire!!.
Zora Neale Hurston was a great contributor to Harlem Renaissance. She wrote about African-American folklore and had one of her books reach Broadway. She also contributed her freelance writings to magazines and newspapers during the last years of her life. Her life and work is celebrated in Eatonville at the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities.
Some of her publishings in the 1920's were Color Struck in Opportunity Magazine in the year 1925, Sweat in 1926, and How It Feels To Be Colored Me in 1928. She went on to publish 14 more major publications, plus her
freelance writings for the newspapers and magazines.
Published Books from 1920-1950
Jonah's Gourd Vine (1934)Mules and Men (1935)
Tell My Horse (1937)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)
Moses, Man of the Mountain (1939)
Dust Tracks on a Road (1942)
Seraph on the Suwanee (1948)
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Unknown author. "Zora Neale Hurston." Wikipedia. March 6,2008. March 6, 2008.
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Whitley, Peggy. "Zora Neale Hurston." Kingwood College Library. June 2007. March 6, 2008.
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Big Blonde. "The Comprehensive Dorothy Parker Bibliography." Utica Drop Forge & Tool Co. December 29, 1999. March 6, 2008.
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